The Emco Unimat SL is a small hobby engineer's lathe first made available in the 1950s. It features bed rails made from parallel round bars, a simple flexible design, and a huge range of accessories and add-ons which make it astonishingly versatile.

I'm between workshops for a few months, and I picked this lathe up second hand as a project I can work on with minimal space and equipment. In this video I spend some time disassembling the lathe, work out how it works, and discuss the best ways to clean and restore it.

Many thanks to Paul at The Knackler's Workshop for his series on a similar lathe. He really helped me know what I was getting myself into, and where to start. If you're impatient to find out more, go and watch his series while you wait for more videos from me.

The Knackler's Workshop:
[ Ссылка ]

Paul's Unimat SL Playlist:
[ Ссылка ]

Also check out smallathe, an entire channel focused on making things with the Unimat SL.

smallathe:
[ Ссылка ]

00:00 Introduction
00:28 Removing the Base
02:45 Removing the Tailstock and Headstock
05:33 Disassembling the Bed
10:38 Stripping down the Carriage
16:15 Removing the Spindle
17:39 The Milling & Drilling Stand
18:09 Inventory of Parts
19:35 Next Steps & Outro

Edited with:
Davinci Resolve 7.3.2
Audacity 3.0.2

Music:
Easy Lemon by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license ([ Ссылка ]...)
Source: [ Ссылка ]...
Artist: [ Ссылка ]

свернуть